8-1 Geography and the Early Greeks

What word best describes the land of the Greek peninsula?

• rocky and mountainous
• flat
• desert
• rolling plains

Not considered to be Greek, they built on island of Crete, and also experienced volcanic eruptions:

• Minoans

• Turkish

• Mycenaeans

• Athenians

Time period of creation of city-states and marked by great achievements

• Dark Age

• Classical Age

• Golden Age

• Hellenistic Age

Greek word for a city-state

• acropolis

• agora

• polis

• fortress

Became skilled shipbuilders and sailors

• Prussians

• Early Greeks

• Minoans

• Mycenaeans

The time period when Mycenaean civilization crumbled

• Classical Age

• Dark Age

• Golden Age

• Hellenistic Age

High hill; center of city-state

• polis

• peninsula

• acropolis

What crops can be grown in Greece?

• olives, grapes

• wheat, barley

• corn, oats, potatoes

• olives, grapes, wheat and barley

Because Greece is covered by mountains, they ______________.

• have little farmland

• invented skiing and other alpine sports

• were able to visit surrounding towns often

• travel was easy

Which civilization was warlike and attacked its neighbors often?

• Mycenaeans

• Minoans

• Italians

• Prussians